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Background The conservation status of the bearded vulture (Gypaetus barbatus) is listed as vulnerable on the European IUCN Red List and endangered in France. Before vulture reintroductions started, the Alps represented a huge barrier separating the Pyreneo-Iberian populations and those of the Balkans. To bridge the distance between the populations of the ...

Background The Egyptian vulture (Neophron percnopterus) is threatened over its entire range and is now considered “endangered” in the IUCN Red List (International Union for Conservation of Nature - May 2007). In Europe, the population numbers have declined dramatically. The bird used to inhabit the entire range of the Pyrenees, the Mediterranean area ...